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2023 Census data: Oklahoma ranks as sixth poorest state

By: Oklahoma Policy Institute
September 12, 2024 // Updated: September 12, 2024
Lawmakers have options to improve Oklahomans’ well-being, access to prosperity Data from the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released Sept. 12 show that Oklahoma’s poverty rate was 15.9 percent, which was the nation’s sixth highest. The national poverty rate… Read more More...

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In The Know: Child welfare reform expert fees expected to reach $1.5M in first year

By: Gene Perry
April 16, 2012 // Updated: April 16, 2012
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk: April 13, 2012

By: Gene Perry
April 13, 2012 // Updated: July 25, 2015
What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. With tax day fast approaching, we shared four ways that Oklahomans can find free tax help. In a guest… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Legislative leader aiming for one to three-quarters percentage point income tax cut

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: April 13, 2012
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

The dream – or the nightmare – of a day without taxes

By: David Blatt
// Updated: May 2, 2019
As the income tax filing deadline approaches, we return to a favorite blog post from our friend Paul Shinn that we first ran in 2009. You may also enjoy this video tribute to the many things we can be thankful… Read more [More...]

Stumbling revenue collections should signal caution

By: David Blatt
April 12, 2012 // Updated: May 1, 2019
Over the past two years, Oklahoma’s revenue collections have been on a steady path to recovery. For the first nine months of FY 2012, collections to the General Revenue fund (GR) are up 22 percent compared to the same period… Read more [More...]

In The Know: DA fires 2 prosecutors for concealing evidence in murder trial

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: April 12, 2012
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

Graph of the Day: State funding shrinks sharply

By: David Blatt
April 11, 2012 // Updated: May 1, 2019
In a recent editorial, the Tulsa World questioned the call that is frequently heard to ‘right-size’ state government. After three successive years of deep cuts to public services, the editorial asked ‘where does it end?’: But how do we define… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Key lawmaker says tax cut still likely, though smaller than proposed

By: Kate Richey
// Updated: April 11, 2012
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

The Graduation Gap: Many students of color attend, but don’t complete college

By: Kate Richey
April 10, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The share of Oklahomans with a college education has lagged behind the national average for decades and in the last twenty years we’ve fallen even further behind.  Partly to blame is our lackluster college completion record.  Oklahoma has one of… Read more [More...]

In The Know: Six low-performing schools targeted for reforms by state Department of Education

By: Gene Perry
// Updated: April 10, 2012
In The Know is a daily synopsis of Oklahoma policy-related news and blogs. Inclusion of a story does not necessarily mean endorsement by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. E-mail your suggestions for In The Know items to gperry@okpolicy.org. You can sign… Read more [More...]

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